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2) Eudora Welty
Author
Series
University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers volume no. 66
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eudora Welty - American Writers 66 was first published in 1968. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An account of the American writer's life and achievements traces her origins in Jackson, Mississippi, her relationships with such contemporaries as Katherine Anne Porter and E.M. Forster, and her receipt of numerous literary awards.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
"This first biography of Eudora Welty makes a significant contribution to the world of letters as a chronicle of the life and achievements of one of our greatest living authors, a woman of paramount importance in the American literary canon. From a Mississippi childhood to a brief editorial career in New York, from the sale of her first short story to her beloved and bestselling memoir - One Writer's Beginnings, which she wrote at age seventy-five...
13) The purple hat
Publisher
Films Media Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
It's raining as a man walks into a bar in the French Quarter and tells the story of a lady who wears a purple hat. The lady has taken a seat at the bar every evening for 30 years, always with an enthralled young man, never aging, and never dying, despite the fact that the man has seen her murdered by her companion - twice. Is the lady a ghost? What is the purpose of the syringe and vial concealed in her hat? And why does the young man now listening...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 102
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
The Late Novels of Eudora Welty offers readings of two of the works considered to be Welty's most exciting both in innovative technique and postmodern existential statement. Fourteen new essays by internationally distinguished critics of Southern literature provide focused appraisals of Welty's last two novels: Losing Battles (1970), a provocative experiment in narration, and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Optimist's Daughter (1972), a profound comment...
Series
Critical responses in arts and letters volume no. 12
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Lexile measure
1370L
Language
English
Author
Series
Twayne's studies in short fiction volume no. 67
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Whether "Why I Live at the P.O.," "Clytie," or "Moon Lake," a short story by Eudora Welty (b. 1909) is remarkable for its ability to convey the lyrical in everyday life, to offer haunting glimpses into the interior lives of individuals. Known for her marvelous ability to render the life and character of the deep South, Welty is particularly admired for her unfailing powers as an observer and her keen ear for the spoken word. In Eudora Welty: A Study...
